Halloween 2013

Halloween celebrations were spread out this year.  The kids got to dress up several times.  Kate was a clown (our neighbor gave us the clown costume that she made 20+ years ago for her kids).  Jack was a policeman.  Ty was a dinosaur (even though he is convinced that dinosaurs are real and is really scared of them).  Nick wore his lion costume a few times, but I guess I didn't take a picture of him.  His blue full body coat has ears on it, so I guess he was a bear too. 

Our ward trunk-or-treat was two weeks before Halloween, but I didn't take any pictures.   Then we went downtown trick-or-treating the weekend before Halloween. 

 

On Halloween day, the kids had parties at school.  Ty actually had a "Where the Wild Things Are" book party and got to wear his pajamas to school.  Nick and I got to go to Kate and Jack's parties for a little while.

 

After school we went to visit one of my favorite people, "Grandma Ruby" or Sister Mason.  I visit taught Ruby for a few years.  When the ward was split in June, the kids and I have tried to visit her often.  She reminds me a lot of my Grandma Cox.  She is from Aurora, UT and has lived in New Mexico 10+ years.  My kids love to visit her, play her piano pieces, play with her dog, Piper, and have a treat when it's time to leave (usually a Dum Dum sucker or two). 

After we visited Ruby, we went home and got ready for trick-or-treating.  Ty took a nap on the couch.  Kate did homework and then helped Jack and I make mummies out of little smokies and crescent roll dough.

When Dave got home we went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.  Ty ended up in the double stroller with Nick after a little ways.  After a while Kate and Jack decided that they were cold and had enough candy, so we went home.